Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Wisconsin
BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom
APPLETON, WI, WI · ~200 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate — more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace — earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 17
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).
Injury rate over time
BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 311513.
BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom has an average TCR of 4.2, which is 127% of the industry average (3.3) for Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom
BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom operates an establishment with approximately 200 full-time equivalent workers in APPLETON, WI, WI, classified under the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing industry (NAICS 311513). Across 2 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 17 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.2 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the D letter grade (Poor Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing, BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom's workforce experiences 127% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 2 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 409,215 hours worked = 1.47 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom (this establishment) | 4.19 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Processed cheeses manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311513 |
| Wisconsin state avg (all industries) | 4.92 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by BelGioioso Cheese - Freedom to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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